On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Torbj=F6rn Lindh?= wrote:
> The following patch only works if you have perl (but why wouldn't
> you?).
No, please don't introduce Perl into this equation. Many people,
especially on non-Unix platforms, don't have Perl installed, and IMHO
they shouldn't be required to. I also believe that GNU standards say
not to rely on Perl except for maintainer's parts of the package.
I think you can do the same with Awk. I would also suggest to make
this pass only if it is required (e.g., grep the files for those ^^##
patterns). That way, those who use 7-bit ASCII won't need even Awk.
